07/11/2007
WOMEN'S IRAN OPEN
Carla Khan Earns Place In Iran Open Final
Iranian Women's Open 2007
Yadegar Sports Complex, Rasht, 05-07 Nov, $9k |
Round One
Nov 05 |
Round Two
Nov 05 |
Quarters
Nov 06 |
Semis
Nov 06 |
Final
Nov 07 |
[1] Donna Urquhart
(Aus)
bye |
Donna
Urquhart
9/1, 9/0, 9/1 (15m)
Mastaneh Karampour |
Donna Urquhart
9/7, 5/9, 9/5, 9/3 (40m)
Heba El Torky |
Donna Urquhart
9/2, 6/9, 9/4, 10/8 (51m)Karen Kronemeyer |
Donna Urquhart
9/4 9/1 5/9 9/7 (63m)Carla
Khan |
Simin Karimi (Iri)
9/7, 9/5, 10/8 (24m)
Mastaneh Karampour (Iri) |
[5] Heba El Torky
(Egy)
9/0, 9/0, 9/0 (10m)
Farnaz Mohammadi (Iri) |
Heba El
Torky
9/3, 9/2, 9/0 (20m)
Fatemeh Haidary |
Fatemeh Sadat
Haidary (Iri)
9/3, 9/2, 9/1 (15m)
Reinhaneh Habipour (Iri |
[3] Karen
Kronemeyer (Ned)
bye |
Karen
Kronemeyer
9/1, 9/2, 9/1 (19m)
Sima Pad-Bod |
Karen Kronemeyer
9/0, 9/4, 9/6 (23m)
Muqaddas Ashraf |
Sima Pad-Bod (Iri)
9/1, 9/0, 9/1 (19m)
Shadj Bigverdi (Iri) |
[6] Muqaddas Ashraf
Pak)
9/6, 9/1, 9/1 (24m)
Pariya Alinejad (Iri) |
Muqaddas
Ashraf
9/7, 9/4, 9/2 (27m)
Sahar Sareminaeini |
Sahar Sareminaeini
(Iri)
9/3, 9/3, 9/0 (25m)
Elnaz Poornajafizadej (Iri) |
Fereshteh (Dabiri (Iri)
9/0, 9/0, 9/0 (16m)
Lisa Aitken (Sco) |
Lisa
Aitken
9/7, 9/0, 6/9, 9/4 (46m)
Claire Kidd |
Lisa Aitken
9/0, 9/1, 9/2 (21m)
Carla Khan |
Carla Khan
9/4, 9/4, 4/9, 9/1
(32m)Dipika Pallikal |
Adineh Zohdi (Iri)
9/1, 9/0, 9/0 (13m)
[8] Claire Kidd (Sco) |
Parisa Alinejad (Iri)
9/1, 9/0, 9/0 (18m)
Parand Dolatyzadeh (Iri) |
Parand
Dolatyzadeh
9/0, 9/1, 9/3 (20m)
Carla Khan |
bye
[4] Carla Khan (Pak) |
Elham Ramezani
(Iri)
9/3, 9/3, 9/2 (17m)
Taba Taghavi Rasfanjani (Iri) |
Elham Ramezani
9/0, /1, 9/0 (13m)
Frania Gillen-Buchert |
Frania Gillen-Buchert
10/8, 9/5, 9/7 (39m)
Dipika Pallikal |
Mahsa Sadeghin (Iri)
9/0, 9/0, 9/0 (9m)
[7] Frania Gillen-Buchert (Sco) |
Raheleh Bagheri (Iri)
9/0, 9/2, 9/0 (17m)
Tata Taghavi (Iri) |
Raheleh
Bagheri
9/0, 9/0, 9/1 (17m)
Dipika Pallikal |
bye
Dipika Pallikal (Ind) |
Carla Khan Earns Place In Iran Open Final
Pakistan's
Carla Khan, the No4 seed, upset second-seeded Indian Dipika
Pallikal to earn a place in the final of the Iran Women's Squash
Open in the north western Iranian city of
Rasht.
The new WISPA Premiere Series event
in Iran attracted local players as well those from all over the globe,
with the top four seeds - from Australia, Netherlands, Pakistan and India
- making it through to the semi-finals.
Khan, returning to WISPA World Tour action after a back injury,
despatched unseeded Scot Lisa Aitken in the quarter-finals before
taking out higher-ranked Dipika Pallikal 9-4, 9-4, 4-9, 9-1 in the semis
in 32 minutes. The UK-based 26-year-old is marking her sixth Tour final
appearance - but the first for more than two years.
Khan will face Australian Donna Urquhart after the top seed
defeated Australian-born Dutch player Karen Kronemeyer, the third
seed, 9-2, 6-9, 9-4, 10-8. Urquhart, 20, from Queensland, is celebrating
her maiden appearance in a WISPA final.
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